(SEATTLE, Wash.) – As part of a wider move to halt DOJ oversight of police departments that have a history of civil rights violations, the Trump Administration has ended the consent decree with Seattle Police. But department leadership says that’s a good thing, as SPD has made a lot of progress over the last 13 years. But what has changed? And who will interactions with the public be different? We’ll examine.
PLUS: Congress returns from its August recess with just weeks to prevent a government shutdown.
AND: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. gets an earful from Senator Maria Cantwell.
Guests include Seattle Police Chief Operating Officer Brian Maxey, Capitol Hill Correspondent Allie Pecorin, ABC’s Cheyenne Haslett, and producer Zach Wildfang.
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